When <a href="http://www.heatherbenning.ca/" target="_blank">Heather Benning</a> saw this abandoned farmhouse in Canada, she envisioned a <a href="http://www.heatherbenning.ca/theworks/dollhouse/dollhouse.html" target="_blank">giant dollhouse</a> on the human-scale. The Canadian installation artist is known for her use of architectural reclamation in order to create a new scene where viewers question their placement in the environment. Completed in 2007 during an artist-in-residence program, Benning renovated the ramshackle wooden house into a into a life-sized dollhouse complete with vintage furnishings and a transparent wall on one side so you could see the interior.

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Life-Sized Dollhouse-Heather Benning

The Dollhouse is a site specific installation by Canadian artist <a href="http://www.heatherbenning.ca/" target="_blank">Heather Benning</a>, who likes finding old, run down homes and turning them into giant installations

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Life-Sized Dollhouse-Heather Benning

The original abandoned farmhouse.

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Life-Sized Dollhouse-Heather Benning

In 2005, Benning found the two-story farmhouse in Sinclair, Manitoba and then in 2007 during her artist-in-residency in the community of Redvers, Saskatchewan, she set to transform the house.

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Life-Sized Dollhouse-Heather Benning

The narrow footprint and simple layout of the home made it perfect for a dollhouse.

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Life-Sized Dollhouse-Heather Benning

The original living room and staircase.

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Life-Sized Dollhouse-Heather Benning

Benning then set to work on the renovations, which included taking out the old worn out furnishings, adding new walls and new plaster.

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Life-Sized Dollhouse-Heather Benning

Adding new plaster to one of the bedrooms.

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Life-Sized Dollhouse-Heather Benning

After painting and redecorating the interior with vintage furnishings and original restored furniture, Benning installed a plexiglass wall.

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Life-Sized Dollhouse-Heather Benning

The before and after in the kitchen.

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Life-Sized Dollhouse-Heather Benning

Details of The Dollhouse.

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Life-Sized Dollhouse-Heather Benning

Detail of the rooms in The Dollhouse.

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Life-Sized Dollhouse-Heather Benning

Visitors to the house can peer into the home, but are removed because of the wall, just like someone who plays with a dollhouse is not actually able to live within it.

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Life-Sized Dollhouse-Heather Benning

When Heather Benning saw this abandoned farmhouse in Canada, she envisioned a giant dollhouse on the human-scale. The Canadian installation artist is known for her use of architectural reclamation in order to create a new scene where viewers question their placement in the environment. Completed in 2007 during an artist-in-residence program, Benning renovated the ramshackle wooden house into a into a life-sized dollhouse complete with vintage furnishings and a transparent wall on one side so you could see the interior.